Manure the Sweet Scent of Cash

Introduction to Organic Marijuana Fertilizers

The use of manure in agriculture is an age-old and time-honored tradition. Manure has been used as a fertilizer since long before marijuana was made illegal. Whether it's a fancier name like castings or guano, or one of the more common names like crap, poop, manure, or dung, in the end it's all just shit!

But don't be turned off by poop.

Organic marijuana growing has become very simplified. Working with manures in your marijuana garden does not have to include stinky messes or smells. Before the discovery of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, manure was used as a resource, not a waste product.

From an environmental perspective, manure is a resource that is being wasted at a terrible rate. In some agricultural areas where a large number of livestock are concentrated and raised, manure is not a resource, but rather, it has become an environmental hazard. Consider, for instance, that a single hog will produce 3000 pounds of manure in under a year. It’s easy to see then how the large concentration of wastes found in corporate factory farms can rival a good-sized city for the total volume of organic waste produced. Due to mismanagement, misuse, and ignorance, very few of the potential nutrients from these wastes are returned to the land, less than 20% according to some estimates. Instead, this incredible mass of manure threatens to pollute river, streams, lakes, and even the subterranean groundwater that supplies many folk with their drinking water.

Manures can contain the full range of major, minor, and micronutrients that marijuana plants need for strong health and vigor. The organic components of manure will continue to break down slowly over time, providing food for plants in the longer term as well.

Making manure excellent for outdoor marijuana growing.

The best method of organic marijuana gardening is applying guanos and manures as one would traditional chemical fertilizer.

By carefully mixing a formula.

Manure and guano fertilizers provide available nutrients in forms easily assimilated by plants. Too much manure or guano can burn delicate plant root systems and even interfere with seed germination. Before using any fertilizers its advisable to start slow and add more as needed.

The Manures

1. Chicken Manure
2. Poultry Manures (including Duck, Pigeon & Turkey Manure)
3. Cattle Manure
4. Goat Manure
5. Horse Manure
6. Pig Manure
7. Rabbit Manure
8. Sheep Manure

The Guanos

1. Bat Guano - (including Mexican, Jamaican, & Indonesian bat guanos)
2. Seabird Guano - (including Peruvian seabird guano)

Miscellaneous Wastes / Manures

1. Earthworm Castings
2. Cricket Castings
3. Aquarium & Aquatic Turtle Wastewater
4. Green Manures

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